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Bowdoin College

Private College · Located in Brunswick, ME · VetLink Partner since 2019

Admissions Numbers

  • 9 VetLink applicants matriculated

  • Test optional for all applicants

  • 16-33% veterans applied first year*

  • 66-83% veterans applied as transfer*

  • 3.4 Average GPA of VetLink applicants*

    (*applicant reported)

How to Apply

Application available on Common App and Apply Coalition with SCOIR

  • Bowdoin Writing Supplement

  • Official transcripts

  • Letters of recommendation (3 required)

  • Standardized test scores (Optional)

  • Application fee (Waiver available)

  • Video response (Optional)

  • Financial Aid Application (Optional)

Application Deadlines

  • Early Decision I Application Deadline: November 15

  • Early Decision II Application Deadline: January 6

  • Regular Decision Application Deadline: January 6

  • Transfer Application Deadline: March 3

Financial Aid & Scholarships

  • $74,220 Cost of attendance for full time Undergraduate programs

  • Need-Blind Applications

  • $26,042/year matching by Yellow Ribbon School - towards the cost of tuition and fees

  • 100% Financial need met without student loans

  • 48.4% of Students receiving need-based financial aid

  • $56,905 Average aid award (grant + work study)

Veterans Campus Life

  • Skills Workshops & Programs - Sophomore Bootcamp, Career Accelerator Program

  • Career Exploration and Development (CXD) - works to help each student understand deeply held interests, skills, and values and connect to careers.

  • Supportive alumni organization Bowdoin Marine Corps Society - raise funds for established scholarship for veterans or the children of veterans

  • More than 100 student-led organizations, club sports, and student government activites to get involved in

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Demographics

1,951 enrolled students

47% 49% Males // 51% Females

6% first-generation college students

Academics

43 Majors and 45 Minors Offered

8:1 student-faculty ratio

63.6% of classes have fewer than 20 students.

Top Academic Programs

Government and Legal Studies

Economics

Mathematics

Biology

Computer Science

Knowledge in Action

200+ Bowdoin students engage in faculty-mentored research each year, one of the most active research institutions among liberal arts colleges today.

Engineering Dual-Degree Arrangements for a shared studies program with the University of Maine, Columbia University, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), or Dartmouth College

55% of each class studies away at 100+ programs to choose from and 50+ countries to study in

Alumni & Outcomes

22,886 Active Alumni Worldwide

93.8% Six Graduation Rate

78% of graduates employed

14% of graduates attending graduate school

8% of graduates participating in fellowship, personal project, etc.

<1% of graduates seeking employment

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